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INITIAL: AT 010835MAR2007, AN IED INITIATED ON COYOTE 34 (875TH EN), IN THE SALAH AD DIN PROVINCE, NE OF AD DUJAYL, VICINITY 38SMC3590052000. THE IED DETONATED WITH ZERO BDA ON COYOTE 34, COYOTE 34 HAS EMBEDDED EOD AND IS CONDUCTING PBA.
FOLLOW UP REPORT: THE IED WAS SUB-SURFACE EMPLACED IN THE MIDDLE OF ASR HEATHER AND TARGETED THE LEAD VEHICLE. THE IED CONSISTED OF 10 LBS HME, CONCEALED IN A PLASTIC BAG WITH A COMMAND WIRE INITIATION SYSTEM. THE IED WAS AN EFFECTIVE DETONATION BECAUSE IT SLIGHTLY DAMAGED 1X EOD ROBOT.
CLOSED: 010845MAR2007
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AT 010815APR07, COYOTE 36 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ALONG ASR HEATHER IN NAI SOUTH CAROLINA IVO MC 3592 5206 AT 0815; VIC 1 (RG31-CR127) SPOTTED A WHITE BAG IN A PREVIOUS BLAST HOLE ON ASR HEATHER. VIC 2 (HUSKY-CH505) WAS CALLED UP TO INTERROGATE THE OBJECT. VIC 2 TRIED TO BLOW THE OBJECT BUT IT DID NOT MOVE. THE BAG WAS TOO LARGE TO SCAN SO HE CALLED THE ROBOT FORWARD. WE DEPLOYED THE TALON ROBOT IN ORDER TO FURTHER INTERROGATE THE PIED. THE TALON ROBOT APPROACHED THE SITE SCANNED FOR COMMAND WIRE UPON FINDING NONE THE ROBOT TRIED TO MOVE THE BAG WHICH WAS DETERMINED TO BE A WHITE RICE BAG WITH BLUE ENGLISH WRITING. THE IED DETONATED UPON BEING TOUCHED. THE ROBOT WAS PARTIALLY DESTROYED. WHAT APPEARED TO BE FOO GAS OR ANOTHER TYPE OF ACCELERANT REMAINED AROUND THE BLAST SITE AND CONTINUED TO BURN FOR 15 TO 20 SECONDS IN ISOLATED GROUPS. WE CONTINUED TO SEARCH FOR TRIGGERMAN AND SEARCHED FOR SECONDARY'S USING THE HUSKY. LANDOWNER (CHAOS) AND WAS NOTIFIED. EOD REQUESTED THAT WE CONDUCT OUR OWN PBA. THE DET OCCURRED AT 0815 WE CONDUCTED OUR OWN PBA AND CLEARED THE AREA AT 0840, AND WE CONTINUED MISSION AT 0850. TALON ROBOTS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED IN THIS GENERAL AREA IN THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. (1) TALON ROBOT DESTROYED/ NO INJURIES/ NOTHING FURTHER TO REPORT---REPORT CLOSED---GES011752APR07